People are Taking up the Viral #TrashTag Challenge
Mar 13, 2019
For years, people have followed some crazy online challenges like BridBox and KiKi challenge but now a positive challenge has gone viral. The idea of using a viral trend to motivate people to do good is turning out to be a powerful force and the perfect example for this is the #trashtag challenge.
This challenge was first seen in 2015 by the media brand Teton Gravity Research.
The company wrote: “Help us all […] by joining the #trashtag project and posting pics of your own cleanup efforts on Instagram. We aim to make a tangible impact on the environment through the galvanizing forces of social media,”.
But unfortunately, the trend did not caught the attention of many people. But luckily after years, an old picture managed to pick up steam and spread across social media.
The trend quickly became viral on Twitter and Instagram. And people started doing it:
#trashtag seems to be trending. This one's from Nepal ???????? pic.twitter.com/stAxbQXhup
— Kelllvvviiinnn (@kelllvvviiinnn) March 9, 2019
Along the Potomac River south of Washington, DC #trashtag pic.twitter.com/n2uPL52LZG
— Robbie McNeil (@RMcNeil2105) March 10, 2019
Along the Potomac River south of Washington, DC #trashtag pic.twitter.com/n2uPL52LZG
— Robbie McNeil (@RMcNeil2105) March 10, 2019
I don't have a before-and-after picture, but here's a couple of pictures of me with my family picking up trash from the road side whenever we made a rest stop. #trashtag pic.twitter.com/TygYf2dM13
— Adhiti (@frizhbee) March 10, 2019
Hey @camerondallas the community in my home town in Mexico got together and cleaned up garbage #TrashChallenge #TrashChallenge #trashtag pic.twitter.com/hk9kNTVmSZ
— GermanG (@ger__mann) March 11, 2019
Hey @camerondallas the community in my home town in Mexico got together and cleaned up garbage #TrashChallenge #TrashChallenge #trashtag pic.twitter.com/hk9kNTVmSZ
— GermanG (@ger__mann) March 11, 2019
people are taking part in this clean up challenge and it's amazing!! #trashtag pic.twitter.com/Iw9M1t2Xk3
— zzzzz (@Naxsx7N) March 10, 2019
Decided to pick up trash for my birthday and filled up 4 bags #20 #trashtag pic.twitter.com/EHl12o6aT5
— City Dave (@daavidcabrera_) March 10, 2019
Cleaned up a beach in Belgium! #trashtag via /r/pics https://t.co/4ZDHCzEGs5 pic.twitter.com/O6AHGZ6jhX
— Bomb Voyage (@v0y4ge) March 10, 2019
we hope that the success of this trend will inspire other positive trends as well.